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1 Korona Cegléd
| Issuer | Cegléd város pénztára (Cegléd Municipal Treasury) |
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| Year | 1919 |
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| Currency | Krone (1919-1926) |
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| Reverse description | Pale pink note with dark red letterpress printing. A central vignette illustrates a bunch of grapes with leaf and tendril, printed in a bold woodcut style. The denomination is expressed on either side of the vignette as '1 K' in large bold characters. Series and number designations ('Sorozat' and 'Szám') are printed in the upper left and upper right corners respectively, with handwritten numerals. A single-line rectangular border frames the note, and a text block at the foot carries the legal obligation clause referencing the Czeglédi Takarékpénztár Egyesületnél as deposit guarantee. |
| Reverse lettering | Sorozat: 009 Szám: 237 1 K 1 K E pénzjegyet -- melynek teljes fedezete a Czeglédi Takarékpénztár Egyesületnél letétbe bélyegzetett -- Czegléd város területén mindenki köteles elfogadni. Aki el nem fogadja vagy hamisítja, forradalmi törvényszék elé kerül. |
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Cegléd was one of dozens of Hungarian municipalities that issued emergency small-change currency in 1919 as the post-war collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monetary system left the country starved of low-denomination coin and note circulation. The municipal treasury printed its own korona notes locally — a stopgap that required no authorization from a functioning central bank, because by that point no stable central authority existed to grant it.
The Ambrus catalogue documents these Hungarian szükségpénz issues systematically, and Cegléd's series is among the more obscure provincial entries. Local printing means quality varied considerably even within a single issue run.